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AUSTRIANS TO AID GERMANS IN FRANCE
. (By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, March 7.—The
following official statement was
issued to-day by the Russian War
Office:
- “After the Russian Black Sea
fleet had shelled the Turkish coast
Russian troops stormed the Turk
ish position at annwn. 75 miles
east of Trebizond.”
(By International News Service.)
‘GENEVA, March 7.—Austrian
troops are reported to be moving
into Francs to reinforce the Ger
mans,
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, March 7.—Further progress
by the German troops assailing the
French positions on the Verdun front
is admitted in the communique issued
by the French War Office this after
noon. The Germans are advancing on
the west bank of the Meuse. Under
cover of a heavy bombardment and
using liquid gas, they reached the
outskirts of Regneville. They have
also captured hill No. 265, though to
gain this success they sacrificed.a
large number of troops under the fire
of the French artillery and machine
guns.
The text of thé communique fol
lows:
“In the Argonne some efforts made
by the enemy to occupy a mine crater
at Haute!/Chevauchee have been re
pulsed.
“Our artillery has continued lits
bombardment of the enemy’s lines of
communication. To the west of the
Meuse, protected by an intense bom
bardment, the Germans have ad
vanced, using liquid gas, along the
railway to the outgkirts of Regneville.
20,000 Men Capture Hill.
“Three violent attacks by a force
numbering a division (20,000 men)
were launched by them at the same
time upon hill No. 265, which they
succeeded in capturing, despite heavy
losses inflicted upon them by our ar
tillery and machine guns.
‘“We hold the villages of Bethin
court and Boqueteaux, to the east of
Corbeaux forest, and Cumieres on
Cote de L'Ole (Goose Hill).
“The artillery duel continued very
actively during the night to the east
of the Meuge, in the region of Bras
and Hardaumont, as well as in the
Woevre, in the sector of Fresnes, and
the villages at the foot of the hill.”
(Regneville lies on the Meuse River,
a 2 mile southeast of Forges and four
miles northwest of Verdun. It is
within easy gun range of the forts de
fending Verdun upon the northwest.
Bethincourt {z one mile and a half due
west of Forges. The reports indi
cates a gain for the Germans of more
than a mile since the capture of
Forges yesterday.)
Germans Mowed Down.
The capture of Forges, on the west
bank of the Meuse, officially an
nounced last night, cost the Germans
heavily, for the massed troops which
assaulted the French positions were
caught in a cross-fire of artillery and
were mowed down in heaps by ma
chine guns
(Forges lles on elevated ground, one
mile west of the Meuse River. It is
61-2 miles northwest of Verdun and
312 miles due north of Fort Marre,
sne of the principal works defending
Verdun on the northwest side.)
Stretching south of Forges along the
hills which flank the Meuse are stroug
French positions supported by an
enormous amount of artillery whiech
has been kept playing Incessantly
upon the German troops that a:-
tacked northeast of Verdun,
Champagne Drive Renewed,
In Champagne the Germans are
again driving against the Rheims-
Verdun Railwayvs and furious attacxs
have been made against the Fren:h
positions around Maisons de Cham
pagne This is part of the general
scheme to throw a ring of troops
around Verdun, and cut the fortrass
with its army off completely,
In the Woevre pilain, east of Ver-
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Berlin Discounts
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Wilson's Victory
As It Hears Facts
(By International News Service.)
OPENHAGEN, March 7.—
C Berlin advices state that if
Portugal retains the Teuton
ships that have been seized, Ger
many immediately will be induced
to begin warl ke aperations.
The reports say that German
opinion is more optimistic with
reference to relations with the
United States, President Wilson's
victory in the Senate now being
regarded as less important than
the early cables intimated.
- A Stockholm dispatch says that
Sweden has twice tried to induce
President Wilson te attempt to
bring about peace, but that he de
clined each time, saying he would
not act unless requested by the
belligerents to do so.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDQON, March 7.—A heavy
#nowstorm was raging over the North
Sea to-day and no confirmation was
available of reports that a big Ger
man war fleet had salled out from
Wilhelshaven, presumably for the
purpose of giving battle to the Brit
ish.
In tkis same connection it was re
ported from Amsterdam that a num
ber of big German warships have
slipped from the Kiel Canal and have
taken refuge in the German naval
base at Zeebrugge, Belgium, where
they are continuously heéld with steam
up.
A Central News dispatch from Vlie
land, Holland, says that a fleet of 25
German men-of-war was observed on
Monday in the North Sea, finally dis
appearing in a northerly direction.
There has been active, communica
tion between the British and Russian
Admiralties recently, giving rise to
the belief that English and Russian
warships will co-operate ‘when the ice
goes out of the Baltic and will pre
vent all German merchant ships from
leaving port. At present there is
lively maritime trading between Ger
many and Sweden, .
Tenn. Mob Lynches
Police Chief's Slayer
NASHVILLE, March 7.—~Will Whit
ley, a negro, was lynched by a mob at
Lebanon, Tenn, last night. Several
days o the negro shot Chief of
PO"(‘Q‘%ObOl’? Nolen, who died late
yesterday afternoon,
This is the first lynching in the his
tory of Lebanon.
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VOL. XIV. NO. 185.
By ARTHUR CONSTANTINE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO, March
6 (via Laredo, Texas), March 7.—
Military forces of the Carranza Gov
ernment took possession of Oaxaca,
capital of the State of Oaxaca, to-day.
Their entry was unopposed. Revolu
tionary forces which had made their
headquarters at Oaxaca applied the
torch as they left, and the greater
part of the city was destroyed, ac
cording to advices received by Gen
eral Carranza.
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Reports of Invasion
By Diaz Are De:nied
(By International News Service.)
‘ WASHINGTON, March 7.—The
State Department was notified this
afternoon by Carranza officials in
Mexico that the city of Oaxaca, cap
ital of the State of Oaxaca, had been
evacuated and burned by “those who
occupied it on the approach of Car
ranza troops.”
The advicet also stated that reports
of the Diaz invasion of Mexico were
untrue.
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Busi Man for 50
Business Man for
Yrs. in Albany Dead
ALBANY, March 7.—Marcus Crine,
74, for 50 years a resident of Albany,
is dead.
Mr. Crine came to this ccuntry from
Germany and engaged in business in
Albany in 1866. He is survived by his
wife, two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Brast,
of Boston, and Mrs. Frances Phillips,
| of Jacksonville, and one brother, Hen
ry Crine, of Boston, His seven neph
lews living in Albany acted as pall
’ bearers
Need of One-Legged
Stenographer Bared
; The secret of what the American
‘Emplo_vmem Agency wanted with a
| one-legged man as stenographer has
leaked out at last. It seems that an
artificial limb company desired such a
man to try on wooden legs and in odd
moments to do typewriting.
A one-legged man from Dalton is
said to be leading in the race, which
ihexan when the unique want ad ap
peared In The Georgian
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916.
e vBT R VYL RIS T
ATLANIA!
-
“Rookies” recruited for service at
the business men’s training camp at
Fort Oglethorpe in April include At
lanta leaders of finance, State and
county officials and men prominent in
business and professional circles.
This was shown Tuesday in a list of
citizen-soldiers furnished by the
camp headquarters, in charge here of
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy and Harrison
Jones. Over 50 prominent men lead
the list and the comnfttee is active
toward continuing with such a per
sonnel for the camp. ®
The camps will run in periods of 30
days from April 3 to June 30. Ex
penses will be about S3O for a 30-day
period, Including $5 to cover loss or
damage to United States property,
which is refunded in case no damage
is incurred. The railroad fare from
Atlanta will be $4.35. Twenty-two
States will be represented.
Recruits Tuesday included:
A. S. Adams, Forrest Addington,
Robert C. Alston, Martin F. Amerous,.
Walter P. Andrews.
€. B. Beaullien, J. Frank Beck, T.
N. Bradshaw, Walpole Brewer, J. F.
Burke.
F. E. Callaway, Edward D. Clark
son, Charles A. Collier, John A. Cope- |
land. |
Milton Dargan, Jr, F. §. Dean, J. S.‘
Disosway, Jesse Draper, J. L. Duncan.
W. 8. Elkin, Jr.
H. L. Field, Cornelia, Ga.; W. H.
Fogg, F. O. Foster. . !
Howard Geldert, W. T Gentry. ‘
Clarence Haverty, Walter C. mn,‘
Ed L. Humphreys, Stiles Hopkins,
Horatio Hughes.
F. L. Ingram, E. H. Inman.
Harrison Jones.
V. H. Kriegshaber,
8. B. Mathewson, Brooks Morgan
J. Van Holt Nash, Henry A. New
man.
F. A. O'Keefe, J. K. Orr
Oscar Palmer, J. A. Perry, Tom H.
Pitts, E. E. Pomeroy.
James J. Ragan, Joseph S. Raine,
Hatton B. Rogers, H. C. Russell.
R. F. Shedden, Alex W. Smith, b )
Marion Smith, Fred 8. Stewart, W. B
Stovall.
8. B. Turman
C. A. Vonder Lieth
Coal to Cost More
As Miners Get Raise
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 7.—Prices of coal
will be increased throughout the
country, beginning the first of next
month, following an agreement be
tween the soft coal miners and opera
tors in New York yesterday, when in.
creases in wages amounting to ap
proximately SB,OOOOOO wers deter
mined upon
The increase in pay will go to 200,.
000 miners employed in the soft coal
flelds of Pennsylvania, Ohlfo, Indiana
and Tllinois. The hard coal miners
and operators are expected to agree
!upnn an increase In wages
{ The advance in cost will be about
five or six cents a ton to meet the
raise in pay, say the operators,
‘Two Badly Burned
.
In Foundry Explosion
A negro workman and a negro boy
weres seriously burned Tuesday aft.
arnoon when a cupola furnace at the
iplant of the Genera! Pips and Foun-.
{dry Company, No. 400 Highland ave.
nus, axploded
The skylights were blown out of the
roof and considerable damage done to
the bullding. Water In the furnace
from the heavy rainstorm was be
lieved to have caused the explosion.
3Arelnjuredi
Freight Trai
Three men were injured when two
northbound freight trains on the
Western and Atlantic Railroad ran
together as one was pulling out of a
sidetrack at Calhoun, Ga., early
Tuesday. The injured were brought
to Atlanta and all were able to go to
their homes.
They were W. D. Corley, of Deca
tur, engineer, and W. H. Young, fire
man, and E. F. Pritchard, brakeman,
of Atlanta.
Reports were circulated about the
city that a serious wreck had ocecur
red when ambulances were ordered to
meet the train carrying those who
had been hurt. Dr. W. S, El§in was
at the station and after examining
the men dismissed the ambulances.
Railroad officials said the property
damage was about S2OO. The main
line of the track was blocked for
two hours.
Ban onParallel
Opposed
Resolutions adopted by the Mari
etta Chamber of Commerce and the
Cobb County Progressive Club ur.ln.‘
the repeal of the law prohibiting thql
‘paralleling of the State road reached
'Atlanta Tuesday.
Cobb County, which is along the
route of the proposed parallel rail
‘\road. considers the act which would
“throttle competition” unfair to lhat‘
section of the State, while other sec
tions are open to competing rallroad
systems. The resolutions eonclude: |
“That we appeal to our Senator and
Representatives and to the entire
Legislature of Georgia to repeal this:
unjust law, and thus give North
Georgia an equal chance with the rest
of the State. We protest against all
favoritism and against the creation of
class or other discrimination between
sections, as well as citizens, of this
State.”
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Plaza Committee Is
Named by Chamber
Renewed efforts to make pnnlhle?
the building of the proposed Bleck
ley plaza covering the railroad tracks
in the heart of Atlanta were begun
Tuesday afternoon by the Chamber
of Commerce when a committes was
appointed to appear befors the State
Western and Atlantic Rallway Com
mission
The committes was composed of
R. R. Otis, chairman; H. Y. McCord,
J. K. Orr, Wilmer L. Moore, Alex W
Smith, Haralson Bleckley and J. R.
Smith
The committes will wait on the
commission at its next meeting at the
capitol
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Baker's Nomination
Approved by Senate
pprove __*y i
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 7.~Presi.
dent Wilson this afternoon sent to
the Senate the nomination of Newton
Diehl Baker, former Mayor of Cleve
land, to be Sacretary of War
The nomination was confirmed
Zeppelin Raid Death
.
List Now Totals 13
(By International News Bervioce.)
“LONDON, March 7.—The death list
resulting from Sunday nights’ raid by
Zepepline over England now totals 13,
the Admiralty announced to-day. The
German airships droped 90 bombs in
stead of 40, as was stated In the offi.
cial report lssued yesterday, |
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Thunder and Nghtning, rain, hail
and wind—all in fifteen minutes—
Tuesday caught Atlanta’s high noon
lunchers out without umbrellas or ar
mor plate and made them step lively.
The hailstorm came in two install
ments, a few minutes apart.
Witnesses differed sharply as to the
size of the hallstones, always impor
tant statistica in the annals of such
visitations. Some reported them the
size of a half dollar. Some sald a
quarter was about the size. Probably
the average was about the size of 35
cents, ‘
The haflstorm was heralded by a
(thunder and. lightning overture. The
thunder did no damage except to
nerves, but the lighting struck the At.
lanta Envelope Company's printing
plant, No. 164 Marietta street, and
picked R. E. Gann, linotype operator,
‘for its vietim. It knocked Gann out of
his thair and he took the count on the
floor. By the time the Grady ambu
lance arrived he was fully rocoverod‘
and ready to go back to work. |
The storm began operations at §
o'clock at Gainesville, where lightning
struck the high-power lines of tle
Georgila Railway and Power Company
and stopped Atlanta trolley cars for
;about ten minutes, greatly to the profit
of jitney busses. The current was off
}on!y half a minute, but the rest of the
time it had a low voltage and the cars
couldn’t be cranked up.
The storm followed the power lines
from Gainesville into Atlanta, reach
ing the city at noon. Passing De
catur, it paused long enough to ad
minister another wallop that crippled
the cars for another half minute. No
injury to properties was reported. |
At the weather bureau the rainfall
was reported at .72 of an inch, an un
usually heavy fall for so short a time,
The thermometer dropped 16 degrees. |
There was not a call for the fire de
partment despite the severe lightning.
Probably the heaviest damage from
the haill around the city was to
greenhouses of floral concerns. Many
panes were smashed in the roofs of
such bulldings and in some Instances
the damage to plants and flowers was
heavy
The greenhouse at Grant Park lost
about 300 panes of glass.
Takes Horse in Store ]
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To Escape From Hail
During the hallstorm Tuesday a
man lad a saddls horse into a store on |
Marietta streat opposite the City Hall l
The horse had broken loose from nj
hitching post and was very much ex
cited until it reached the prmactlon‘
of the store
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Atlanta Firms Bid
On $400,000 Jobl
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| SAVANNAH, March T.—Fourteen
bids for buflding the $400,000 house
drainage and storm sewerage system,
for which bonds were issued a short
time ago, have been submitted ts the
ety ‘
| The bidders include A. J. Twiggs &
Son, Augusta; Carson Construction
Company, Savannah: Gadsden Con
tmoting Company, Savannah; Guild
Company, Chattanooga Munieipal
Engineering Company, Atlanta; Sul.
livan, Long & Hagerty Company, Bes.
semer, Ala., and the Dysard Construe
tion Company, Atianta, joint bidders;
Mishler & Flynn, Chattanooga; Ben
jamin Thompson, Tampe, and several
Northern concerns,
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New War Secretary
Nicknamed ‘Scully’
‘For Fat School Cook
| AMPA, FLA, March 7.—
; T “When Newton D. Baker,
| the new Secretary of War,
went to the Episcopal High School
at Alexandria, Va., he was known
as ‘Scully,’ as it was the fancy
among the boys that something in
his build resembled that of Scully,
the cook, who was short and rath
er stout,” to-day said Dr. Charles
W. Bartlett, Assistant State
Health Officer of Florida, who was
his schoolmate.
~ Baker was a studious boy, adds
¢Dr. Bartlett, and stood high in the
Fairfax Literary Society.
Bat Nelson’s,
‘Misery’
.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 7.—Battling Nel
son, former lightweight champion pu
gllist, was granted a decree of dai
vorce from Fay King, a Kansas City
and Denver newspaper artist, this aft
ernoon by Judge Kerston. Nelson
brought his action on the ground of
desertion.
Mrs. Nelson did not contest the ac
tion. |
“T've had three years of misery,”
said Nelson, after the decree was
granted. “Now I'm going to have a
little vacation, then settle down to
business. I will change the life in
surance I have made over to my for
mer wife, and also will start pro
ceedings against her to recover dia
monds of mine which she has in her
possession.
“As for getting married again—
certainly I'll be married. They can't
discourage me. I want a home and a
real wife, and I'm going to have both.”
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3 Liners Withdrawn
As Passenger Ships
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 7—A, D.
Guthrie, head of the passenger de
partment of the International Mer
cantile Marine, announced this after
noon that the liners Lapland, Adriatic
and Baltle, of the White Star line,
had been withdrawn from passenger
service for the month of March. He
'nid this action had been taken be
cause of the pressure of freight traffie.
The liners New York, St. Louis and
Philadelphia, of the American line,
will carry the passengers who had
booked for passags on the three
White Star ships.
The American line ships fly the
American flag, while White Star ves
sels are under British registry. In
marine circles it is believed that to
this fact may be attributed the policy
of the International Mercantile Ma
rine, in view of the submarine issye.
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Millionaire Rides 25
. .
' Miles in Auto Truck
PRUNSWICK, March 7.—-G. W, C.
Drexel, millionaire clubman of New
York, is back at White Oak, Ga., 25
‘mllea distant, to-day, after g trip ‘o
Brunswick In an automobile truck.
[ Mr. Drexel owns the “White Oak
Club,” and spends his winters there.
‘Ho likes the pine air and is fond of
‘humln( Georgia quall, He brought a
‘p.ny of friends along and they spent
the day here shopping. Two trunks,
a hoe, a rake and a few other things
were bought.
.
Ex-Clerk on Trial for
SAVANNAH, March 7.-The trial!
of Willlam Blake, former postoffice
employes, on a charge of embeszzling
Government funds, was bdegun in the
United States District Court before
Judge Emory Speer to-day.
Blake, who was money order alerk,
is alleged to have besn found short
several hundred dollars in a recent
investigation.
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FIRE BELL TOLLS FOR FUNERAL
SAVANNAH, March 7.—Complying
with a dying request of John Car-.
rick, 70, for more than 30 years a fire.
man in the Savannah department, the
huge bell at central station to-day was
tolled for his funeral by order of Fire
Chief John H. Mooros |
FIKST
EDITION
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTQN. March 7.—At
6:05 p. m., Chairman Flood, of the |
Foreign Affairs Committes, |
moved to table the McLemore
resolution in the House. All de- !
bate was thus brought to an end A
and the final vote on the proposal
to send the resolution to the w §
began. The roll call was ord :
and when half of it had been i
called it was apparent the motiom
to lay on the table would carry,
The vote then stood about 2 te 1 '
for the motion, J {
The resolution was tabled tow |
night by a vote of 276 to 143, :
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 7—The
first test vote in the House this
afternoon in the Congriseional
revolt against the P ident
showed: ; 2
Against the President— YO~
crats 21, Republicans 132, K »s
--gressives 5, Independent 1, v
cialist I—Total, 160, \
For the President—Demora
193, Republicans 62, Progmnlvu
I—Total, 256,
“The White House regards the '
~ result as a great victory,” said
Secretary to the President Tum
ulty this afternoon when he
learned that the Administration
forces in the House were victo
rious in the preliminary skirmish
on the McLemore resolution, \
By E. R. SARTWELD, ..
Staff Correspondent of Internationa\
News Service.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—The
House of Representatives to-day ca
pitulated to President Wilson. The
first test vote on proposals to warn
Americans off belligerent armed ships
showed that the forces of the Admin-
Istration were in complete control. By
a vote of 256 to 160 the House carried
a motion to limit debats en the spe
clal rule for the consideration of the
McLemore warning resolution. The
Administration program called for
four hours’ debate on the McLemore
measure, followed by a motion to lay
it on the table. The first vote Indi.
cated that the program would ge
through easily.
| Thovotecunofafi:om!fitd‘
day of sensational debate, such ay the
House has seldom seen. Pleas for sup.
port of the President, who has “ear
ried the reatest national responstbiN.
ties of any President since Lincoln,*
‘aroused the House to wild enthue
siasm.
Warnings that ne nation “dtvided
against itse!f shall stand” were re
ceived in solemn silence, Excoriatiow
of American citizens whose “fool
hardiness and recklessness” in tmav<
eling on belligerent ships may “plunge
the country into war” wae cheered.
House Rises and Cheers.
The final argument and appeel
which aroused the House most was
the demand that this country stand
firmly behind the President in his
fight to insure vespect for the rights
of American citizens on the sea.
To this plea the big membership en
the floor, and the crowd which over
flowed galleries and corridors, rose
with cheers and applause. The gray
haired, stalwart form of Speaker
Clark stood at the desk, and his mc‘
wielded the gavel vigorously, but im
potently, in his efforts to restrain
them. At times the House was in
tumult,
When the vots was announced &
hush of sllence swept over the cham
ber, followed by a sigh of relief, ag
the members and the crowd realized
that the President was sure of a blg
maljority of the House bshind him in
his foreign policy. The men who have
led the fight for the President through
the strenuous weeks of his battle with
Congress gave vent to their relfef.
Little groups gathered together on the
floor, shaking hands and congratulat
ing each other. Members of both
sides of the chambar, Democrats and
Republicans, voiced their relief
Vietory Increases.
Immediately after the first test vots
was taken, another roll call was or
dered on the special rule for the con
sideration of the McLamore resolu
tion. Assured of victory, the Admin-
Aistration leaders paid little heed ts
the call. The clerk called droningly
and the members answered perfunc.
torily. The vote was 271 ayes to 13§
noes. "
Twenty-one Democrats voted againel
the proposition, the first test vots. The
majority of the Republican side fol«
jowed Minority Leader Mann l.ud;.c
posed the previous question.
Democrats who voted agzainst the
sident weare
f’r;:“::‘ Pennsyivania; Black, Tm‘
Bruckner, New York, Buchanan, s
noie; Buchanan, Texas; Burke, Wise
onsin, Callaway, Texas; Dale, New
York Davis, Texas, Flynn, Now
York: Hamill New .ran-vd. Johneon,
Kentucky; Keating, Colorade;
\\:,r,_\mfln. Lobeck, Nebraska; (
more, Teias;, Shouse, Kansas,